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Sonnet Xx Rhetorical Devices

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At the beginning of Sonnet XXIX, the poet reveals that he feels like a complete social outcast, deprived of self-esteem, and beset by many internal conflicts. He also feels fiercely insecure, ashamed, unlucky, and jealous of those people around him, whom he thinks are more friendly, successful and hopeful than him. Besides, the speaker alludes to heaven, for which this makes him kind of a believer of a religion. For example, he claims, "And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries." In other words, he says that he prays God with meaningless cries, but it seems that nobody in heaven does not want to hear him anymore. Even though the poet is dissatisfied with his thoughts and himself, he suddenly calls to mind a "sweet love" that makes his
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